2000 Chevrolet Blazer acceleration problems

Filed Aug 26, 2013 · Acceleration, Electrical · 93,732 miles · CA · fire

Fortunately, I had just gotten off the freeway and was looking for an address at a slow speed. All of a sudden the car lurched; I had no steering; I lost all electrical control; the car ground to a halt; smoke came out from under the hood. I and a friend got out of the car. Fortuitously, fire trucks appeared. It turned out they were returning from another incident as I could not believe the immediacy of their response. They took over preventing further aggravation of this situation. The battery was boiling. All the electrical wire harnesses were melted. The upper suspension control arm was broken. The firemen's observation was, if I had been going any faster, the car could have flipped. After being towed to a nearby mechanic, I learned the upper control arm had broken. It impailed the starter which shorted. That melted the wiring harnesses to and from the battery, as well as being the cause of the battery boiling. The key issue is that general motors would build a vehicle where the upper control arm is so flimsy it would break. I have read other incidents of the same thing with the chevrolet blazer where, for example, a person was going 30mph, the car flipped, and the person was knocked unconscious. A repeated corporate failure of this nature should have consequences.

Filed May 14, 2007 · Acceleration, Body · 120,000 miles · AR · crash

The handle that allows you to recline the seat broke off flushed with the seat, this happened to both the driver and passenger seats in june 2005. The hood will not pop up when the lever was pulled until one banged on the grill or the hood in certain spots, which just started in march of 2007. The gas mileage dropped from 20 mpg to 16 mpg within 6 months. The back glass stuck and was hard to open, started in 2006. When turning on the air conditioner (A/C ) the car had no power, I have to turn it off when accelerating on the interstate or on hills. If the cruise control was set it kicked off when the A/C was on. When I needed to stop quickly the brakes failed, and felt a grinding sensation through the pedal, but the mechanic changed the brakes and checked the rotors, but hasn't found any problem. Suspected a defect somewhere in the brake system\ as of 2005. The fan kicked on all the time, even when the engine was cold, and in winter when first starting. One mechanic told me that in many blazers the catalytic converter broke off in the muffler, which had to be replaced. Had been told this happened so much that most people left them off. Too many other problems to mentioned. Also, the horn worked only when it wanted to, problem in the steering wheel.

Filed Oct 14, 2005 · Acceleration · MD

Gas pedal sticking- not all the time but frequently, and of course not when I have it at the garage.

Filed Oct 28, 2004 · Acceleration · 21,000 miles · IN

Accelerator sticks when applying pressure from a stopped position requiring extra force on accelerator to get vehicle to move. This extra force sometimes makes vehicle lurch forward. In my opinion, this sudden movement creates a very unsafe driving condition. This condition started as an intermittent problem but is now occurring almost every time the vehicle is driven.

Filed Jul 7, 2004 · Acceleration, Electrical · 85,000 miles · NJ

Transmission falure, reverse second and third gear, transfer case failure, cruise control doesnt work, dashboard cluster failure.

Filed Mar 22, 2004 · Acceleration · 41,920 miles · MA

Vehicle experienced slow acceleration. This occurred when the t speed accelerated to 60 MPH. Consumer had to apply excessive force to the gas pedal when this occurred. There were 35-60 second delays before vehicle accelerated. Vehicle had been serviced 3 times by the dealership, who replaced several other components, but they did not address the slow acceleration problem.

Filed Feb 4, 2004 · Acceleration · MI

When starting to accelerate the gas pedal sticks. Have had it repaired once by the dealer, it only lasted less then a year.

Filed Feb 4, 2004 · Acceleration, Suspension · 40,000 miles · MI

Driver's side front wheel bearing failure; carbon build-up in throttle body caused accelerator to stick; oil lines to remote oil filter leaking; vehicle has 41,000 mi.

Filed Jun 29, 2003 · Acceleration · 62,229 miles · NV

Refer to odi id number 760100, 8008263, 8013241, 10016706, 10001738, 566417. I have detected this same problem on my 2000 chevrolet blazer purchased in january 2000 at a dealership in seattle washington. The throttle pedal sticks on takeoff/startup from a stopped position (I.e. Stop light/sign). I have to exert extra pressure on the pedal to get the vehicle moving. When I exert the extra pressure on the pedal, after about 1 - 2 inches, it breaks free and lunges from the stop. It also sometimes happens when I try to accelerate on the freeway, not from a stopped position. My wife has also experienced this problem. We just got home from a trip through california from 8 days of driving and have had this problem the whole time. I first experienced this problem about a month ago and thought I might need to use wd-40 in the linkage from the pedal. This did not help. I contacted a local dealer in las vegas who said they have not had this problem on any other vehicle. I consider this a safety issue because it is not normal to have the pedal stick like this and it could create an accident potential if it were to stick and then lunge and the need to immediately apply the brakes presented itself.

Filed Apr 29, 2003 · Acceleration · 60,000 miles · FL

Throttle sticks at idle.